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Children
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Researchers examine long-term effects of vitamins, vaccines on children’s immune systems
For a 40-minute documentary broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and produced by Anthony Baxter, reporter Richard Phinney visited a small,…
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BMJ: Wakefield’s vaccine-autism study fraudulent
The Internet and other media are abuzz with the news, published by BMJ yesterday, that the study published in The…
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Ind. station runs ‘canned’ story about Fla. boy
Jeremy Cox, medical reporter for the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union, calls our attention to a television report about a boy who…
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California law re-seals some child abuse autopsies
On the California Watch blog, Ryan Gabrielson reports that the state has partially reversed a SB 39, the 2008 ruling…
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School lunches, obesity and causality
Miller-McCune magazine’s Washington correspondent Emily Badger explains how a study found that the National School Lunch program is linked to…
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As school starts, so do youth sports injuries
The University of Michigan’s new Michigan NeuroSport Concussion Program seems to be cropping up everywhere, and as far as I…
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Report looks at oil-spill fallout for children, families
As the gulf oil spill dragged on, coverage of its psychological and economic aftermath gained momentum. Now, Poynter’s Al Tompkins…
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Whooping cough: Not just a problem for kids
Maryn McKenna, AHCJ board member and self-proclaimed “most vaccinated person on the planet,” writes about her own bout with whooping…
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State snapshots make it easy to spot disparities in children’s health care
The Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health has broken the 2007 NSCH Child Health and System Performance Profile…
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AHCJ members’ work honored by Journalism Center on Children & Families
Congratulations to the AHCJ members who earned 2010 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism for “distinguished coverage of disadvantaged children, youth…